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==History==
The club was founded by the teenage Roy Bartlett, father of professional player [[Gordon Bartlett]], in 1945 as '''Viking''', growing out of a [[works team]] at the [[Associated Equipment Company]] factory in [[Southall]] where Roy had been employed during the war.<ref name=V/> An adventurous football romantic with an indefatigable appetite for planning and organisation, Roy believed in
Their first match was played at Ravenor Park in Greenford against 342 Squadron Air Training Corps and resulted in a 13–0 defeat.<ref name=V/> They subsequently joined the Ealing Youth League, and in 1948 the club played their first overseas fixture, a
The 1950s saw them join and progress through five divisions of the Dauntless League.<ref name=V/> They then joined the [[Amateur Football Alliance]] and were admitted to the Nemean League, by which time they had become '''Viking Sports''' after gaining affiliated teams from different sports.<ref name=V/> In 1953, the club hosted their first foreign visitors, Fleurbaix of France, at nearby [[Southall FC]]’s Western Road ground. Having finished as runners-up in Division Two in 1963–64, the club were promoted to Division One.<ref name=NLM2>[http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Aarg3ED/NEA.html Nemean Amateur League 1963–1970] Non-League Matters</ref> Their first season in Division One saw them finish as runners-up, and in 1965–66 they were league champions.<ref name=NLM2/> In 1966 they moved to Avenue Park in [[Greenford]].<ref name=V/>
In 1969 the club joined the Premier Division of the [[Middlesex League]].<ref name=NLM>[http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Aarg3ED/Msex66.html Middlesex League 1966–1984] Non-League Matters</ref> They finished as runners-up in 1978–79, and after a sixth-place finish the following season,<ref name=NLM/> the club joined Division One of the [[Hellenic Football League|Hellenic League]].<ref name=FCHD>{{fchd|id=VIKINGSP|name=Viking Sports}}</ref> In [[1985–86 Hellenic Football League|1985–86]] they won Division One, earning promotion to the Premier Division. However, they were relegated back to Division One after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in [[1988–89 Hellenic Football League|1988–89]].<ref name=FCHD/> In 1989 a disastrous [[arson]] attack by vandals destroyed the clubhouse and dressing rooms at Avenue Park.
In 1991 the club transferred to the [[Combined Counties Football League|Combined Counties League]], and in 1999 renamed themselves '''Viking Greenford'''.<ref name=FCHD/>
After finishing bottom of the league in [[2002–03 Combined Counties Football League|2002–03]] and unable to finance themselves for the following season, the club folded.<ref>{{fchd|id=VIKINGGR|name=Viking Greenford}}</ref> Their last manager was former [[Wimbledon FC]] and [[Leyton Orient]] midfielder [[Steve Parsons (English footballer)|Steve Parsons]].,
During their history the club played numerous friendly matches against European clubs on a regular basis, with a total of 92 matches at home and abroad.<ref name=V/> A tour of the [[Soviet Union]] in 1965 included a match against [[FC Desna Chernihiv]] at their [[Chernihiv Stadium|Yuri Gagarin Stadium]], which they lost 10–1.<ref name=V/> One match against Stade Portelois drew a crowd of 3,000 to [[Griffin Park]].<ref name=V>[http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2013/10/8/the-vikings The Vikings] In Bed with Maradona</ref> A club trip to [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1968 unexpectedly coincided with the sudden Soviet invasion of the country following the [[Prague Spring]], and the team were forced to make a 300
Former players who appeared for Viking Greenford and later went on to notable professional careers at the highest level include [[Alan Devonshire]] and [[Les Ferdinand]].
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